Originally Posted by
GW McLintock
I agree. I rented one in ATL in August and it did not have the turbo, and it just felt so slow. In my mind I have written off Mazdas (though the CX-90 isn't horrible).
Status: PC
Location: DEN
Booked: fullsize sedan
Assigned: Kia Sportage AWD (2026, 2500 miles)
App offered: Mazda CX-30 (20k miles)
Kia K4 (15k miles)
Nissan Sentra AWD (10k miles)
Received: 2025 Mazda CX-5 (14k miles)
It's fine, but we are up in Keystone and it really struggled on US-6. I had asked for something bigger, but I pussied out and didn't straight up ask for a Wrangler or Explorer (of which there were plenty). At least it has wired Android Auto, though luckily from our hotel everything is to the left or the right.
ETA: yes it really struggled on the hills and at altitude (the base elevation of the mountain was 10,780 feet!). But when I dropped it off, I had driven 212 miles and only used 8 gallons of gas (somehow coming up to 30.5 mpg
) even with my heavy foot.
-J.